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THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 


PRESENTED  BY 

PROF.  CHARLES  A.  KOFOID  AND 

MRS.  PRUDENCE  W.  KOFOID 


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ed  or  bruised  part  of  the  tree,  mixed  with  the  oil 
of  hen's  eggs,  for  a  plaister. 

Another  plasier  for  the  Rhenmalism. 

Take  hemlock  bows  and  white  pine  bows,  in 
eqaal  proportions — boil  them  till  the  balsam  is 
off;  then  skim  off  the  balsam,  and  boil  it  down 
thick  enough  to  spread  in  a  plaster. 
For  a  weak  Stomach, 

Take  the  balsam  of  a  tamarac  tree.    You  will 
find  it    by  whittling  the    wood  open  round  the 
bruised  part — take  it  on  sugar  or  in  molasses. 
For  the  Dysentery. 

Take  a  cork  and   burn  it   on   coals,  draw  the 
tea  out  of  this,  and  take  it — it  has  wrought  a  cure 
v/ht^n  the  si: ill  cf  doctors  has  failed. 
Cure  for  sore  Eyes. 

Take  w'hite  vitriol  as  big  as  a  white  bean,  the 
same  quantity  ofloaf  sugar,  and  a  boiled  or  roast- 
ed egg  ;  take  out  the  yolk  ;  put  the  vitriol  and 
sugar  into  the  white  of  the  tgg^  and  press  them 
till  the  juice  isall  out — apply  it  to  the  eyes  at  night. 
Cure  for  Poisoned  Sheep  and  Cattle. 

Raw  cgg^Kj  says  die  American   Farmer,  gi\*en 

to  sheep  or  cattle  poi ironed  by  eating  laurel    or 

ivy  will  effect  a  speedy   cure.     The   dose   for  a 

sheep  is  one  egg,  for  a  cow  four.     When  used 

for  this  purpose  the  shell  of  the  egg  is    broken, 

and  the  yolk  with  as  much  of  the  white  as  is  prac- 

ticah'e  is  slipped  down  the  animal's  throat. 

For  the  Horn  Ail  in  Cattle. 
Tfllce  of  running'  Ivy,  by  MTtne  called  Meicuvy,  half  a  pound  of 
vines  and  voolh  ; — Ihis  is  ihe  thip.i:^  that  poisons  men  when  they 
arc  mowing — Put  it  .no  a  pHil  and  a  half  of  water,  and  boil  it  two 
thndis  uway,  or  in  the  same  proportion  ibr  a  greater  or  lesser  quan- 
tity. Do  not  stand  over  tlie  pot  -whilst  it  is  boding.  Give  the  beast 
3  or  4;"rik  bot'.lesfull  at  once  according  to  the  strcnglli  of  the  crea- 
ture, and  the  cure  is  effected.  This  s.ime  medicine  will  also  cure  the 
Garget,  and  is  good  to  give  creaiures  in  the  spring  to  prevent  dis- 
frast.s.  lialf  a  pint  or  more  -"^l  this  tea  given  to  a  sheep  a  few  times, 
tha-  Lngered  ad  refused  her  rr.cat  before  and  after  lambing,  bas> 
been  known  to  cure . 


DR.  JOHN   WILLIA3IS' 

LAST  LEGACY, 


AX7D    USEFUZi 


FAMILY  GUIDE. 


JSTEW'TORK'. 


1827. 


FREFACS. 


THE  author  of  this  little  book  has  a  desire  to  leave 
something  for  the  good  of  his  fellow  creatures,  and  being 
sensible  of  soon  retiring  from  time,  and  seeing  no  other 
opportunity  to  benefit  the  rising  generation,  hopes  it  will 
be  ^kindly  received — being  a  true  and  faithful  statement 
of  each  Medicine  and  Cure. — It  has  been  carefully  min- 
uted according  to  his  own  knowledge,  and  not  from  hear- 
say. He  has  endeavoured  to  state  the  true  nature  and 
virtue  of  each  vegetable;  and  they  may  be  used  with  the 
greatest  safety  and  advantage. 

JOHN  WILLIAMS. 


ADVERTISEMENT. 

THE  Author  of  this  work  is  a  native  of  New-York,ancl 
now  resides  in  Washington  county,  in  the  easterly  part  of 
the  state  ;  he  has  for  the  most  part  of  his  life  been  engag- 
ed in  the  deepest  study  for  restoring  the  health,  and  pre- 
serving the  lives  of  his  fellow  creatures.  For  the  attain- 
ment of  this  object  he  has  travelled.  To  this  end  he  has 
laboured,  and  for  years  has  applied  himself  in  the  wilds  of 
America,  among  the  natives  of  the  forest,  where  he  has 
undergone  all  the  horrors  and  deprivations  incident  to 
savage  life,  in  order  to  collect  and  bring  together  that 
knowledge  which  should  be  instrumental  in  saving  the 
Jives  and  preserving  the  health  of  his  fellow  creatures. 

Whilst  among  the  Indians,  the  author  was  a  particular 
inmate  and  confident  of  a  native  Indian,  who  had  been  in- 
structed in  all  the  arts  of  civilized  life,and  had  the  advan- 
tages of  a  liberal  education,  being  a  regular  bred  physi- 
^  cian,  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Pennsylvania  uni- 
versity, established  at  Philadelphia,  at  once  the  most 
flourishing  and  respectable  institution  of  the  kind  in  the 
United  States,  and  hardly  excelled  by  any  in  Europe. — 
While  with  this  Indian,  the  author  of  this  work  had  not 
only  an  opportunity  of  learning  the  Indian  method  of  treat- 
iing  disorders,  and  the  medical  virtues  of  the  vegetable 
kingdom,  but  likewise  of  gaining  much  literary  and  scien- 
tific knowledge. 

It  is  as  clear  as  the  sun  at  noon  day,  (and  must  be  seen 
by  all  observers')  that  nature  has  provided  in  her  miner- 
als, animals  and  vegetables,  an  effectual  remedy,  if  admin- 
istered in  season,  for  all  the  disorders  incident  to  the  hu- 
man system.  Of  the  two  latter,  the  author  has  treated 
more  particularly  in  his  work,  omitting  mineral  substanc- 
es generally,  on  account  of  their  poisonous  quality — and 
which  he  thinks  in  a  great  measure  ought  to  be  laid 
aside.  Should  any  recipe  in  the  preceding  pages  answer 
the  benevolent  design  of  the  writer — that  of  easing  pain, 
curing  diseases  and  prolonging  life — the  person  so  benefit- 
ted will  be  more  than  compensated  for  the  price  asked 
for  this. 

iCJ^More  than  8000  copies  of  this  work  have  been  sold 
within  the  last  four  months. «r£3| 


HERBAL. 


1 .  For  the  King's  Evil. 

The  King's  Evil  may  be  cured  by  a  plant  called  the 
King's  Evil  weed.  It  grows  in  wild  shady  land,  under  al- 
most all  kinds  of  timber,  and  in  the  form  of  a  plantain, 
but  the  leaves  are  smaller,  and  are  spotted  green  and 
white — a  very  beautiful  plant.  When  it  goes  to  seed, 
there  comes  up  one  stalk  in  the  middle  of  the  plant,  six 
or  eight  inches  high,  and  bears  the  seed  on  the  top  of  the 
stalk  in  a  small  round  bud. 

Take  this,  root  and  branch,  pound  it  soft,  apply  it  to 
the  tumour  for  a  poultice  or  salve,  and  let  the  patient 
drink  a  tea  made  of  the  same  for  constant  drink.  If  the 
tumour  is  broken  open,  simmer  the  root  and  leaf  in  sweet 
oil  and  mutton  tallow  j  strain  it  of,  and  add  to  it  beeswax 
and  rosin  until  hard  enough  for  salve. — Wash  the  sore 
with  Hquor  made  of  the  herb,  boiled,  and  apply  the  salve, 
and  it  will  not  fail  a  cure. 

2.  The  best  remedy  for  the  rattlerin  children. 

Take  blood  root,  powder  it,  give  the  patient  a  small 
tea-spoonful  at  a  dose;  if  the  first  does  not  break  the  blad- 
der in  half  an  hour,  repeat  again  three  times.  This  lias 
not  been  known  to  fail  curing. 

3.  A  valuable  remedy  for  the  Bilious  Colic. 

Take  of  West  India  rum,  one  gill,  of  W^est  India  molas- 
ses, one  gill,  of  hog's  lard,  one  gill,  and  the  urine  of  beast 
one  gill;  simmer  well  together.  This  composition  will 
seldom  fail  of  performing  an  effectual  cure  for  life, 

4.  For  a  Felon. 

Blue  flag  root  and  wild  turnip  root,  a  handful  of  each, 
stewed  in  half  a  pint  of  hog's  lard — strain  it  off— add  to 
it  four  spoonfuls  of  tar,  and  simmer  them  together.  Ap- 
ply this  ointment  to  the  felon  till  it  breaks.  Add  bees- 
wax and  rosin  to  the  ointment  for  a  salve  to  dress  it  with 
after  it  is  broken.  This  is  an  infallible  cure,  without  los- 
ing a  joint. 


5.  JFor  the  Salt  Rheum. 

Take  swamp  sassafras  bark,  boil  it  in  water  very  strong, 
take  some  of  the  water  and  wash  the  part  affected;  to  the 
remainder  of  the  water  add  hog's  lard,  simmer  it  over  a 
moderate  fire  till  the  water  is  gone,  Oint  the  part  affect- 
ed after  washing,  (continued  four  days,)  never  fails  of  a 
cure. 

6.   Salve  for  a  Burn. 

Take  wild  lavender,  the  green  of  elder  bark,  cammo- 
mile,  and  parsley,  and  stew  them  in  fresh  butter,  strain  off, 
and  add  to  it  beeswax,  rosin,  and  white  diacalon,  equal 
parts.  If  a  burn  is  of  a  long  time  standing,  and  discharg- 
es very  much,  take  mutton  suet  before  it  is  tried,  pound  it 
up  with  chalk  to  the  consistence  of  salve.  This  cures  the 
most  inveterate  old  sores  of  the  kind. 

7.   The  best  Salve  for  JVomen^s  sore  Breasts  ever  found. 

Take  one  pound  of  tobacco,  one  pound  spikenard,  half 
a  pound  cumfrey,  and  boil  them  in  three  quarts  of  cham- 
ber ley  til]  almost  dry  ;  squeeze  out  the  juice,  add  to  it 
pitch  and  beeswax,  and  simmer  it  over  a  moderate  heat  to 
the  consistence  of  salve.     Apply  it  to  the  part  affected. 

8.  An  ointment  to  supple  stiff  joints  and  shrunk  sineiys. 

Take  half  a  pound  hog's  lard;  put  into  it  a  small  hand- 
ful of  melolet  (or  Melilot)  green,  stew  it  well  together, 
strain  it  off,  add  to  it  one  ounce  rattle-snake's  grease,  do. 
of  olive  oil,  ten  drops  of  oil  lavender,  mixed  well  together, 
Oint  three  times  a  day  and  rub  it  in  well  with  the  hand. 

9.  A  valuable  cure  for  inveterate  old  sore  legs. 

Take  the  bark  of  cavrOn  wood  or  shrub  maple,  boil  it 
very  strong,  take  part  of  the  liquor  and  boil  it  down  to  a 
salve,  and  wash  the  part  affected  every  time  it  is  dressed. 
Apply  new  salve  twice  a  day.  Make  a  tea  of  the  same, 
and  drink  three  times  a  day, 

10.  To  cure  the  bite  of  a  rattle  snake. 
Take  green  hoarhound  tops,  pound  them  fine, press  out 
the  juice,  let  the  patient  drink  a  table  spoonful  of  the  juice, 
morn,  noon,  and  night,  or  three  times  in  twenty-four 
hours  ;  apply  the  pounded  herbs  to  the  bite,  change  the 
same  twice  a  day.  The  patient  may  drink  a  spoonful  of 
sweet  olive  oil.     This  seldom  fails  curing. 


11.   A  cure  for  the  Itch. 

Take  a  half  a  pound  of  hog's  lard,  four  ounces  spirits 
turpentine,  two  ounces  flour  sulphur,  and  mix  them  to- 
gether cold  ;  apply  it  to  the  ancles,  knees,  wrists,  and 
elbows,  and  rub  it  in  the  palms  of  the  hands,  if  there  be 
any  raw  spots  ;  apply  a  little  three  nights  when  going  to 
bed. 

12.   The  red  salve  for  swellings  information. 

Take  linseed  oil  one  pound,  sweet  oil,  or  fresh  butter 
half  a  pound,  red  lead  one  pound,  boil  them  together,  stir 
it  while  boiling,  then  slack  the  heat  &add  to  it  two  pounds 
of  beeswax,  1  pound  rosin,  and  stir  them  together  till  cold. 

13.  F'oote^s  Ointment. 

Take  one  pound  of  hog's  lard,  one  pound  of  mutton 
tallow^  half  a  pound  oil  of  spike,  and  heat  them  over  a 
moderate  fire  until  they  are  united,  then  add  as  much 
beeswax  and  rosin  as  will  make  it  to  asalve,the  renowned 
Foote's  Ointment.  This  cures  all  common  sores  where 
there  is  no  inflammation. 

14.  A  certain  cure  for  Corns  on  the  feet  or  toes. 

Take  white  pine  turpentine,  spread  a  plaster,  apply  it 
to  the  corn,  let  it  stay  on  till  it  comes  off  itself  Repeat 
this  three  times — never  fails  curing. 

15.  A  cure  for  Warts  on  any  pari  of^ihe  body. 

Make  a  strong  solution  with  corrosive  sublimate,  wet 
the  wart  three  or  four  times  a  day — never  fails  curing. 

16.  An  excellent  family  Bilious  PiU. 

This  pill  made  frequent  use  of,  prevents  all  kinds  of  fe- 
vers. Take  one  pound  of  sweet  rind  aloes,  four  ounces 
jalap,  four  ounces  pulverized  blood  root,  two  ounces  cloves, 
and  two  ounces  saffron,  and  beat  them  all  to  a  fine  pow- 
der ;  pill  them  with  molasses — mix  them  well  in  a  mortar. 
The  common  way  of  using  them  is  to  take  every  night 
one,  the  bigness  of  a  pea,  if  you  have  a  bilious  habit  ;  but 
if  you  wish  them  to  act  as  a  physic,  take  four  or  five  on 
^oing  to  bed.     They  give  no  pain  in  the  operation. 

17.  For  the  tooth  achcy  if  the  tooth  he  hollow. 

Take  gum  opium,  gum  camphor,  and  spirits  of  turpeji- 

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tine,  equal  parts,  rub  them  in  a  mortar  to  a  paste,  dip 
lint  in  the  paste  and  put  it  in  the  hollow  of  the  tooth  every 
time  after  eating".  Make  use  of  this  three  or  four  daj's, 
and  it  will  generally  cure  the  tooth  from  ever  aching. 

18.  For  the  Bilious  Colic. 

Take  the  above  mentioned  bilious  pill,  add  to  it  half  the 
weight  in  calomel,  give  four  or  five  pills  and  repeat  the 
dose,  and  it  is  a  certain  cure  for  the  bilious  colic.  Or 
take  mandrake  roots,  dried  and  pulverized.  A  large  tea 
spoonful  is  a  dose.     This  must  be  repeated  several  times. 

19.  A  sure  cure  for  the  canJcer  in  the  mouth. 

Take  one  pound  of  fresh  butter,  put  it  into  an  earthen 
vessel  well  glazed,  set  it  on  the  fire,  let  it  boil,  when 
boiling  add  to  it  four  common  green  frogs,  ^ut  them  in  a- 
Jive,  let  them  stew  until  the  frogs  are  dry,  take  them  out, 
ad  )  to  it  a  little  cammom>ile  and  parsley,  when  cold  stir  in 
a  little  burnt  alum,  pulverized,  and  if  the  fever  is  high, 
give  a  little  rattlesnake's  gall,  dried  in  chalk.  This  will 
cure  the  most  inveterate  canker  in  the  mouth,  throat,  or 
stomach. 

20.    A  medicine  to  cxtrt  inward  ulcers. 

Take  sassafras  root  bark  two  ounces,  coltsfoot  root  two 
ounces,  blood  root  one  ounce,  gum  myrrh  one  ounce,  win- 
ter bark  one  ounce,  suckatrine  aloes  one  ounce  ;  steep 
them  in  two  quarts  of  spirits,  and  drink  a  small  glass  eve- 
ry morning,  fasting. 

21.  For  cramp  in  the  stomach,  or  any  imvard  part. 

Take  ten  drops  of  the    oil  of  lavender  on  sugar   or  in 

wine.     Repeat  the  dose  once  in  an  hour  if  required. 

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22.  A  cure  for  the  flying  Rheumatism. 

Take  princes  pine  tops,  horse  radish  roots,  elecampane 
roots,  prickly  ash^bark,  bittersweet  bark  off  the  root,  wild 
cherry  bark,  and  mustard  seed — a  small  handful  of  each  ; 
one  gill  of  tar  water  into  a  pint  of  brandy,  or  tbe  same 
proportion.  Drink  a  small  glass  before  eating,three  times 
a  day. 

23.  A  valuable  remedy  for  ivind  colic  i7j  ivomen   and  chit' 

dren. 
Take  equal  parts  of^iaseng  and  white  root,  half  as  much 


calamus  or  angelica  seeJsjdry  them,pound  them  very  fine, 
mix  them  together  ;  a  tea  spoonful  is  a  dose  for  a  grown 
person,  for  children  less,  according  to  their  age.  Repeat 
the  dose  once  in  half  an  hour,  if  required.  Very  rare  it 
ever  fails. 

24.  For  a  hectic  Cou$:h. 
Take  three  yolks  of  hen's  eggs,  three  spoonfuls  of  hon- 
ey, and  one  of  tar,  heat  them  well  together,  add  to  them 
one  gill  of  wine.  Take  a  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day 
before  eating.  Or  a  syrup  made  of  barley,  and  turnips 
and  elecampane  ;  boil  them  in  fair  water,  three  quarts  to 
one  pint  of  barley,  one  pound  of  turnips,  four  ounces  of 
elecampane;  boiled  down  to  one  pint,  add  to  it  one  pound 
of  honey  or  loaf  sugar,  and  half  pint  of  brandy.  A  table 
spoonful  is  a  dose,  three  times  a  day.  Or  wild  licorice 
half  a  pound,  brook  liverwort  half  a  pound,  elecampane 
two  ounces,  Solomon's  seal  four  ounces,  spikenard  half  a 
pound,  gumfire  four  ounces,  boiled  in  four  quarts  of  wa- 
ter to  one  ;  add  to  it  two  pounds  of  honey,  one  pint  of 
old  spirits.    Haifa  glass  is  a  dose  before  eating. 

25.  For  the  Earisiply,  or  St.  Anthomfs  Fire. 

Make  e^^  wine  rich  and  good  for  drinking;  drink  a 
part  of  it,  and  wash  the  affected  with  the  other  part. 
This  is  a  valuable  remedy. 

26.  For  the  Rheumatism  in  the  loins. 

The  oil  of  sassafras,  used  internal  and  external;  ten 
drops  on  loaf  sugar  is  a  dose.  Oint  the  part  affected  with 
the  same.  Repeat  it  as  often  as  needful. — Or  set  over 
hemlock  boughs  and  drink  poke  berries  in  Brandy  for  three 
weeks  every  day.  Only  seat  three  times — Or  shower 
with  cold  water,  and  drink  brandy  all  the  time. — Or  drink 
brandy,  and  bathe  the  part  affected  with  salt  and  rum,  hot 
as  can  be  borne  by  a  fire.     Repeat  it  six  days. 

27.  For  the  Qidncij, 

Bleed  under  the  tongue  in  the  first  stage  of  it,  and  sweat 
the  throat  and  neck  with  cardis,  a  thorny  herb  growing 
in  gardens.  Boil  it  in  milk  and  water,  and  sweat  power- 
fully three  or  four  times.  This  has  not  failed  in  one  in- 
stance to  cure. 


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28.   A  rcmarkabU  Ptusirr  to  ease  the  pain  offelois,  or  frov 
felons,  or  unij  such  luniour  on  the  hands   orfeetj  or  else'-  1 

ivhere. 

Get  a  pitch  pine  knot  from  an  old  lo^,  the  side  next  to  ] 

or  in  the  ground;  split  the  knot  fine,  boil  out  half  a  pound  ' 

of  pitch;  take  four  ounces  of  strong  tobacco,  boil  it  in  wa- 
ter, strain  out  the  tobacco,  boil  the  liquor  until  it  is  thick, 
then  add  the  pitch  to  the  liquor,  simmer  it  over  a  moder- 
ate heat,  stir  it  all  the  time  till  it  form  a  salve  altogether. 
If  the  swelling  be  on  the  hand  or  finger,  lay  the  plaster  on 
the  wrist,  if  on  the  foot  or  toe,  lay  the  plaster  on  the  ancle; 
or  wherever  it  may  be,  lay  it  above  the  next  joint.  This 
will  take  out  all  the  pain  in  a  short  time.  Dress  the  sor& 
with  any  other  salve  that  is  best.     This  cure  is  infallible. 

29,  For  the  Phthisic. 

Take  four  ounces  of  hen's  fat  and  a  seed  bowl  of  skunk 
cabbage  that  grows  at  the  bottom  of  the  leaves  c^ose  to 
the  ground,  cut  it  fine,  stew  it  in  the  fat  till  it  is  dry,  strain 
it  off.  A  tea  spoonful  is  a  dose  to  take  three  times  a  day. 
Make  a  syrup  of  white  swamp  honeysuckle  blossoms  and 
queen  of  the  meadow  roofs,  sweetened  with  honey;  add  to 
a  quart  of  the  syrup,  half  a  pint  of  brandy; 

30.   To  cure  a  Wen. 

Take  clean  linen  rags  and  burn  them  on  a  pewter  dish, 
and  gather  the  oiFon  the  pewter  with  lint,  cover  the  wen 
with  it  twice  a  day.  Continue  it  for  some  time,  and  the 
wen  will  drop  out  without  any  further  trouble-. 

31.  Ail  excellent  remedy  for  the  Asthma. 

Take  spikenard  root  two  ounces,  sweet  flag  root  two 
ounces,  elecampane  root  two  ounces,  common  chalk  two 
ounces,  beat  very  fine  in  a  mortar,  add  to  it  a  pound  of 
honey,  and  beat  it  well  together,  A  tea  spoonful  is  a  dose 
three  times  a  day. 

32.  An  excellent  Pill  for  the  Hijsterichs. 

Take  a  quantity  of  white  root,  otherwise  called  Cana- 
da root,  boil  it  in  fair  water,  when  it  is  boiled  very  soft, 
strain  out  the  roots,  and  boil  the  liquor  to  the  consistence 
of  a  thick  paste,  so  that  it  may  be  pilled.  Let  the  patient 
take  two  or  three  pills  at  a  dose  when  the  disorder  is  com- 
ing on. 


33.  A  curt  for  bleeding  at  the  stomach. 

Take  a  pound  of  yellow  dock  root,  dry  it  thoroughly, 
pound  it  fine,  boil  it  in  a  quart  of  sweet  milk;  strain  it  off, 
drink  a  gill  three  times  a  day.  Take  also  a  pill  of  white 
pine  turpentine  every  day  to  heal  the  vessels  that  leak. 

34.  For  the  Dropsy. 

Take  half  a  pound  of  blue  flag  root,  half  a  pound  of  el- 
ecampane root,  boiled  in  two  gallons  of  fair  water  to  one 
quart,  sweetened  with  one  pint  of  molasses.  Let  the  pa- 
tient take  half  a  gill  three  times  a  day  before  eating, 

35.  For  the  Canker  Rash. 

'  White  birch  root  pulverized  very  fine,  given  in  small 
doses  three  or  four  times  a  day.  Make  a  tea  of  the  same 
for  constant  drink.  For  the  fever  give  rattle  snake's  gall^ 
three  grains  at  a  time. 

36.  For  any  Hemorrhage  of  the  Blood. 

Take  a  handful  of  blood  weed — it  grows  in  old  fields, 
and  is  called  by  some,  horse  tail,  or  white  top — is  about 
waist  or  shoulder  high,  one  stalk  from  the  bottom,  and  has 
a  very  bushy  top; — when  it  is  green^  pound  it,  and  press 
out  the  juice,  and  give  the  patient  a  table  spooaful  at  a 
time,  once  an  hour  till  it  stops;  if  it  be  dry  boil  it  strong, 
and  give  the  tea,  very  strong,  three  or  four  spoonfuls  at  a 
time. 

37.  A  cure  for  the  Gravel  in  the  Bladder  or  Kidneys. 

Make  a  strong  tea  of  the  herb  called  heart's  ease,  drink 
plenty. — Or  take  the  root  of  Jacob's  ladder,  and  make  a 
very  strong  tea,  and  drink  plenty.  It  is  a  most  certain 
remedy. — Jacob's  ladder  is  a  vine  that  grows  often  in 
rich  interval  soil,  near  a  wood  or  bush  that  stands  near 
grass  land.  It  comes  up  with  one  stalk  about  breast  hioh, 
then  springs  off  into  a  number  of  branches  covered  with 
green  leaves,  and  the  fruit  is  a  large  bunch  of  black  ber- 
ries, when  ripe  the  bunch  hangs  down  under  the  leaves  by 
a  small  stem.  This  is  proved  to  be  the  best  cure  that  has 
been  found. 

38.  A  valuable  remedy  for  the  Piles 

If  the  piles  are  outward,  make  an  ointment  of  cammo- 
mile,  sage,  parsley,  and  burdoc,  the  leaves  of  each — sitn- 


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mer  them  in  fresh  butter  or  hog's  lard  and  sweet  oil.  A- 
noint  the  parts  with  it,  and  drink  tar  water,  half  a  gill 
three  times  a  day. — But  if  they  are  inward,  or  blind  piles, 
drink  tar  water  twice  a  day,  and  essence  of  fir  every  night 
going  to  bed,  half  a  small  glass.  This  effects  a  cure  in 
about  two  months. 

39.  For  the  tooth  achcy  if  the  tooth  be  hollow. 

Put  into  the  hollow  a  piece  of  blue  vitrol,  as  much  as 
the  hollow  will  contain.  Repeat  it  for  several  days  and 
it  will  kill  the  marrow. 

40.  For  the  common  Canker  in  children  or  adults. 
Take  canker  root,  or  cold  water  root,  so  called,  be- 
cause used  with  cold  water;  wash  the  root,  pound  it,  steep 
it  in  cold  water,  wash  the  tumour  with  the  water,  and 
drink  of  it.  This  root  grows  in  rich  soil,  in  meadows,  by 
fences,  stumps,  or  log-heaps.  It  comes  up  with  a  stalk 
from  the  ground  a  yard  or  two  high  and  then  branches  out 
very  large.  Its  leaf  is  like  clover.  The  top  of  the  root 
is  yellow  as  gold,  in  a  bunch,  then  branches  out  into  many 
fibres;  some  like  plantain. 

41.  For  the  Hooping  Cough. 

A  syrup  made  of  elecampane  root  and  honey,  four  oun- 
ces of  the  root  to  half  a  pint  of  honey.  Bake  it  in  a  well 
glazed  earthen  pot  in  an  oven  half  hot.  If  the  root 
be  green,  it  needs  no  water;  if  dry,  add  half  a  pint  of  wa- 
ter. A  tea  spoonful  of  the  syrup  for  a  small  child)  add  a 
little  if  older,  three  times  a  day. 

42.  For  Rickets  in  Children — in  the  bowels. 

One  ounce  of  Rhubarb  powdered  in  one  ounce  of  En- 
ceviniris,  put  into  one  quart  of  wine  or  brandy. — If  the 
child  is  a  year  old,  it  may  take  a  table  spoonful  at  a  time, 
if  older  take  more,  to  half  a  gill  for  an  adult.  If  any  part 
of  the  body  is  affected  with  the  disorder,  bathe  the  part 
with  brandy,  and  drink  turkey-root  steeped  in  wine  three 
or  four  times  a  day. 

43.  A  sure  remedy  for  women's  sore  nipples. 

When  the  infant  stops  sucking,  apply  a  plaster  of  bal- 
sam fir.     It  will  cure  in  three  or  four  days. 


44.  A  cure  for  itching  heels  or  feet,  or  ribbed  heels. 

Take  any  kind  of  tallow  and  tallow  the  part  affected 
with  it,  and  rub  it  in  by  a  hot  fire  at  night  going  to  bed. 
Repeat  it  three  or  four  times. 

43.  A  preservative  against  all  sorts  of  bilious  fevers. 

The  fulness  of  bile  is  the  cause  of  all  sorts  of  fevers, 
and  jaundice,  and  bilious  colic,  and  cholera  morbus.  Phy- 
sic often  with  blood  root  and  mandrake  roots  mixed  to- 
gether, once  a  quarter,  and  make  small  beer  with  elder 
roots,  spruce  boughs,  burdock  roots,  hops,  white  ash  bark, 
sars^parilla  roots  and  spikenard.  Make  a  bitter  with  uni- 
corn roots  and  bark,  of  white  wood  rooti  and  the  yellow 
dust  of  hops.  If  a  family  will  continue  this  method  they 
will  never  be  troubled  with  fevers. 

46.  For  convulsion  Fits. 

Take  convulsion  roots,  make  a  tea  of  them  and  drink,  oi* 
powder  them  and  take  the  powder  in  small  doses. — Con- 
vulsion root  grows  in  timber  land,  and  comes  up  in  July, 
with  a  bunch  of  white  stalks  about  six  or  eight  inches  high, 
with  a  little  knob  on  the  top.  It  has  no  leaves.  The  top 
and  root  are  for  use.  The  root  is  a  bunch  of  small  fibres, 
very  numerous,  and  full  of  little  knobs  about  the  size  of 
mustard  seed,  and  they  grow  just  under  the  leaves. 

47.  For  the  Consumption. 

Take  half  a  bushel  of  barley  malt,  put  it  into  a  large 
tub,  take  six  pails  of  water,  make  it  boil,  pour  it  on  to  the 
malt,  let  it  stand  six  hours,  take  half  a  bushel  of  white  pine 
bark,  one  pound  spikenard  root,  one  pound  Syria  grass, 
boil  them  in  the  water  that  the  malt  is  soaked  in,  half 
away,  then  put  it  into  a  keg,  add  yeast  or  emptins  to  it, 
let  it  ferment,  then  bottle  it  up,  and  drink  one  pint  a  day. 

48.  For  the  Quinsy  in  the  throat. 

Sweat  the  throat  with  spotted  cardis  boiled  in  milk  and 
water,  by  holding  a  pot  of  it  under  the  throat  as  hot  as 
can  be  borne,  and  hold  some  of  it  in  the  mouth,  and  when 
the  swelling  is  gone  down,  wear  a  piece  of  black  silk  about 
the  neck  constantly,  and  it  will  prevent  quinsy  from  com' 
ing  again. 


49.  For  swellbigs  that  come  of  themselves. 
An  ointment  made  of  alder  tags  and  sugar  of  lead, 
simmered  in  hog's  lard,  and  meiilot  and  saffron,  simm.ered 
all  together.  Strain  off,  and  anoint  the  part  affected,  it 
will  scatter  the  swelling  if  taken  in  time.  Give  the  pa- 
tient something  to  guard  the  stomach  before  ointing. 

50.  An  excellent  poultice  Jor  old  inveterate  sores. 
Scrape  yellow  carrots,  wilt  them  on  a  pan  or  fire  Shov- 
el, very  soft.  It  takes  out  the  inflammation  and  the  swell- 
ing, and  is  an  excellent  poultice  for  a  sceris  breast. 

51.  An  excellent  medicine  Jhr  inward  hurts  or  ulcers. 

Take  elecampane,  cumfrey,  spikenard,  masterwort,  an- 
gelica, and  ginseng  roots,  of  each  a  pound,  boughs  of  fir 
two  pounds,  cammomile  one  pound;  put  them  into  a  still, 
with  a  gallon  of  rum,  and  two  gallons  of  water,  draw  off 
six  quarts,  drink  a  small  glass  night  and  morning. 

52.  Another  excellent  essence ^  good  for  all  sorts  of  inward 
weakness,  iiiicard  fevers j  coughs,  or  pain  in  the  sidt, 
stomach  or  breast. 

Take  twenty  pounds  of  fir  boughs,  one  pound  of  spike- 
Dard,  four  pounds  of  red  clover,  put  them  into  a  still  with 
ten  gallons  of  cider,  draw  oii  three  gallons,  drink  half  a 
gill  night  and  morning. 

5.3.  For  the  Diabetes. 

Take  a  weather  sheep's  bladder,  put  it  into  a  glass  bottle 
that  will  hold  a  quart,  fill  it  up  with  good  Madeira  win3, 
and  let  it  stand  forty-eight  hours,  then  drink  three  or  four 
times  a  day,  about  half  a  gill  at  a  time.  A  deer's  bladder 
is  preferable. 

54.  For  stoppage  of  water. 
Take  a  spoonful  of  honey  bees,  as  much  buds  of  cur- 
rant bushes,  steep  them  in  hot   water  very  strong,   drink 
two  spoonfuls  at  a  time  every  half  hour. 

55.  For  sore  eyes. 

White  vitriol  one  tea  spoonful,  sugar  of  lead  one  do. 
gun  powder  two  do.  to  one  quart  of  fair  water,  mixed  and 
shook  well  together,  six  or  eight  times.  Wash  the  eyes 
three  times  a  day— an  infallible  cure. 


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56.  For  the  Dropsy. 

Sassafras  bark  of  the  root  one  pound,  pricklj  ash  bark 
one  pound,  spice  wood  bush  half  a  pound,  three  ounces  of 
garlics,  four  ounces  of  parsley  roots,  four  ounces  of  horse 
radish  roots,  four  ounces  of  black  birch  bark — boil  all  ia 
three  gallons  of  malt  beer.  Drink  a  gill  three  times  a 
day. 

57.  To  stop  a  fever  sore  from  coming  to  a  headj  and  carry 
it  away. 

Sweat  it  with  flannel  cloths  dipt  in  hot  brine.  The 
cloths  must  be  changed  as  often  as  they  are  cold,  for  three 
hours,  then  wash  it  in  brandy  and  wrap  it  in  flannel;  re- 
peat it  three  or  four  times. 

58.    To  stop  puking. 

Take  gum  camphor,  pound  it,  pour  on  boiling  water? 
Jet  the  patient  drink  a  spoonful  _every  ten  minutes.  It 
must  be  sweetened  with  loaf  sugar.  Or  take  a  handful  of 
green  wheat,  or  grass,  pound  it,  pour  a  httle  water  on  it, 
press  out  the  juice,  and  let  the  patient  drink  a  spoonful 
once  in  ten  minutes. 

59.  For  the  Lock  Jaw. 

When  any  person  is  taken  with  the  lock  jaw,  give  him 
five  grains  of  Dover's  powders,  then  set  him  in  a  tub  of 
hot  water,  as  hot  as  he  can  bear  it,  bathe  his  head  with 
camphorated  spirits,  let  him  sit  or  stand  in  the  water  as 
long  as  he  can  bear  it  without  fainting,  and  bleed  him  if 
possible.  Repeat  this  three  or  four  times;  when  out  of 
the  water  put  him  in  a  warm  bed,  wrapped  in  flannel. 

60.  For  the  Numb  Palsy. 

When  a  person  is  taken  with  the  numb  palsy_,  let  blood 
freely  if  possible,  give  a  table  spoonful  of  flour  of  sulphur 
once  an  hour,  bathe  the  part  affected  with  spirits  of  harts- 
horn, take  one  pound  of  roll  brimstone,  boil  it  in  four 
quarts  of  water  to  one  quart,  let  the  patient  drink  a  table 
spoonful  once  an  hour.  If  applied  early,  will  finally  car- 
ry it  off*. 


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61.   To  cure  vegetable  poisorij  running  tvijy  or  poison  elder j 
or  any  other. 

Take  rosemary  leaves  or  blossoms,  make  a  tea  of  it  to 
drink  morn  and  night,  like  bohea  tea  or  any  other.  Or, 
take  wild  turnips,  if  green  pound  them  and  press  out  the 
juice,  if  dry  boil  them  in  fair  water,  wash  the  part  af- 
fected with  the  clear  liquor.  Take  part  of  the  liquor,  add 
to  it  a  little  saffron  and  camphor,  and  drink  to  cleanse  the 
fluids  and  guard  the  stomach. 

62.  For  the  spinevaniosey  thai  comes  in  the  breast. 

Take  spikenard  root,  comfrey  root,  yellow  oak  bark, 
tobacco,  boil  them  in  water,  strong,  take  out  some  of  the 
liquor  to  wash  the  tumour,  add  to  the  rest  hog's  lard  or 
mutton  tallow,  beeswax  and  rosin,  simmer  it  over  a  slow 
fire,  stir  it  constantly  until  it  is  salve,  apply  it  to  the 
sore,  physic  with  mandrake  roots  three  or  four  times. 
Bleed  once. 

63.   7h  cure  inivard  Ulcers. 

Sassafras  root  bark  two  ounces,  coltsfoot  root  two 
ounces,  bloodroot  two  ounces,  gum  myrrh  one  ounce, 
steeped  in  two  quarts  of  spirits.  Drink  a  small  glass  ev- 
ery morning.  Live  on  simple  diet  as  much  as  possible. 
For  constant  drink,  make  a  beer  of  barley  malt,one  peck, 
spikenard  root  two  pounds,  comfrey  root  one  pound, 
burdock  roots  two  pounds,  black  spruce  boughs  five 
pounds,  angelica  root  one  pound,  fennel  seed  four  ounc- 
es, for  ten  gallons  of  beer.  Drink  oae  quart  a  day. 
Let  your  exercise  be  light. 

64  For  the  catarrh  in  the  head. 

Take  yellow  dock  root,  split  it  and  dry  it  in  an  oven, 
blood  root  and  scoke  root,  four  ounces  of  each,  cinnamon 
one  ounce,  cloves  half  an  ounce,  pound  them  very  fine, 
let  the  patient  use  it  as  snuff  eight  or  ten  times  a  day. 
Every  night  smoke  a  pipe  full  of  cinnamon  mixed  with  a 
little  tobacco,  and  sweat  the  head  with  hemlock,  brandy 
and  camphor.  Pour  a  little  comphorated  spirits  and 
brandy  into  the  hot  liquor  to  sweat. 


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6v5,  For  an  inflammation  in  the  head. 

Take  red  beets,  pound  them  very  fine,  press  out  some 
of  the  juice,  let  the  patient  snuff  some  up  into  the  head, 
and  make  a  poultice  of  the  beets,  and  lay  it  on  the  mould 
of  the  head.  For  the  fever,  use  rattle  snake's  gall,  cream 
tartar,  and  head  bitney.  Bleed  as  often  as  once  a  day. 
Physic  V.  ith  deerweed  root,  or  wild  mandrake  roots,  with 
a  little  bloodroot.     Keep  strong  drafts  to  the  feet. 

66.   To  take  a  film  from  a  -person*  s  eye. 

Take  sujjar  of  lead,  make  it  very  fine,  take  an  oat 
straw,  cut  it  short,  so  as  to  be  hollow  through,  dip  the  end 
of  the  straw  in  the  powder,  and  blow  a  little  of  it  into  the 
film  moriiins:  and  ni£;ht.  After  the  film  is  almost  consum- 
ed,  apply  to  it  a  drop  of  hen's  fat  once  a  day  until  it  is 
well. 

67.   To  cure  a  breach  or  burst  on  the  body. 

Take  four  or  five  snails  that  crawl  about  on  old  rotten 
wood  ;  you  may  often  find  them  under  loose  bark  that  is 
nioist,  or  on  old  logs  or  stumps.  Collect  a  parcel  of  them, 
enough  to  cover  the  breach,  lay  them  on  a  linen  cloth, 
bind  them  on,  and  repeat  it  as  often  as  the  snails  are  dry. 
Let  the  patient  drink  Turkey  root,  cinnamon,  cloves  and 
maize,  made  in  a  tea  or  steeped  in  wine,  three  or  four 
times  a  day.     This  well  attended  to  will  perform  a  cure. 

68.   To  cure  a  scirrhous  jaw,  or  swelled  face ^  or  the  scurvy 
in  the  mouth  or  teeth. 

Take  prince  pine  and  scurvy  grlss;  boil  them  in  water, 
add  to  it  rum  and  honey,  hold  it  in  the  mouth  as  hot  as  it 
can  be  borne,  and  boil  a  Ifirge  quantity  of  the  herbs,  and 
sweat  the  head  over  it, 

69.  A  receipt  to  mabe  the  best  Turlington  balsam. 

This  balsam  of  life  is  a  most  excellent  medicine  in  con- 
sumptive complaints,'  and  also  for  weakly  females  in  all 
stages  of  life.  For  a  fevery  stomach  let  the  patient  take 
13  or  14  drops  in  a  small  glass  of  wine  in  the  morning, 
fasting.  It  strengthens  the  stomach,  and  kills  the  fever. 
It  is  good  for  pain  in  the  stomach  or  side,  and  nourishes 
weak  lungs,  and  helps  a  small  hooping  cough.     This  BaU 


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sam  of  Life  is  made  thus:  Gum  Benzoin  4  ounces,  Gum 
.Storax  Callimtee  3  ounces,  Balsam  Telue  1  ounce,  Gum 
Aloes  Sucatine  1  1-2  ounce,  Gum  Albanum  1  1-2  ounce, 
Gum  Myrrth  1  1-2  ounce,  root  of  Angelica  2  ounces,  tops 
of  Johnswort  2  ounces.  Pound  all  these  together,  put 
them  into  three  pints  of  rectified  spirits  of  wine  in  a  glass 
bottle,  let  them  stand  in  the  spirits  four  weeks  in  a  mod- 
erate heat,  shake  them  once  a  day,  strain  it  off,  it  is  fit 
for  use;  and  if  the  gums  are  not  all  dissolved,  add  a  little 
more  spirits  to  the  same,  shake  it,  and  let  it  stand  as  be- 
fore. 

.70.  For  a  relaxation  of  the   gut  or  fundament  in  children. 

Break  two  or  three  hen's  eggs,  part  the  white  from  the 
yolk,  take  the  yolks  and  put  them  into  a  fryingpan  wash- 
ed clean  from  grease,  set  them  over  a  slow  fire,  let  them 
stand  a  while,  then  turn  them  over  and  squeeze  them  until 
the  oil  comes  out.  Be  careful  not  to  burn  them.  Col- 
lect the  oil,  anoint  the  gut  when  it  is  down,  then  boil  an 
egg  very  hard,  let  it  be  whole  and  whilst  it  is  warm  wrap 
it  in  a  linen  cloth,  and  bind  it  on  the  fundament  after  you 
have  put  up  the  ^ut. 

7 1 .  For  the  common  phthisic  in  children. 

Take  four  ounces  of  sinical  snake  root,  four  ounces  of 
spikenard,  four  ounces  of  parsley  root,  liquorice  stick  two 
ounces;  boil  them  altogether  in  four  quarts  of  water — 
strain  off,  sweeten  with  loaf  sugar  or  honey,  let  the  pa- 
tient drink  a  small  glass  night  and  morning. 

^s.  Sfof  a  mrunfc  stneWj  or  a  stttj  jdmL 

Half  an  ounce  of  yellow  besilicom,  half  an  ounce  of 
green  melilot,  half  an  ounce  of  oil  amber,  a  piece  of  blue 
vitrol  as  big  as  a  chesnut,  simmer  them  together  to  a  salve 
or  ointment,  apply  it  to  the  part  affected,  and  on  the  joint 
above.     Repeat  it  often  and  it  will  perform  the  cure. 

73.  For  the  Rheumatism. 

Take  a  handful  of  prince  of  pine,  a  handful  of  horse 
radish  roots,  elecampane  roots,  prickly  ash  bark,  bitter- 
sweet root  bark,  wild  cherry  bark,  mustard  seed,  and  a 
pint  of  tar  water  put  into  two  quarts  of  brandy.  Drink  a 
small  glass  every  morning,  noon  and  night,  before  eating. 
Bathe  the  part  affected  with  salt  and  rum,  by  a  warm  fire, 


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74.  A  reriiedyfor  loeakness  in  the  urine  vessels,  for  children 

that  cannot  hold  their  water. 

For  those  so  troubled,  take  good  red  bark  two  ounces' 
one  quart  of  wine,  steep  the  bark  in  the  wine  !24  hours; 
let  the  patient  drink  a  table  spoonful  if  two  or  three  years 
old,  if  older,  a  little  more  at  a  time.  Or,  red  beech  bark, 
taken  off  a  green  tree,  dry  it  well,  pulverize  it  fine,  and 
use  the  same  way. 

75.  For  the  nose  bleed. 

Take  the  common  nettleroots,  dry  them  and  carry  them 
in  the  pocket,  and  chew  them  every  day.  Continue  this 
three  weeks. 

76.   To  cw'e  a  consumptive  cough  or  pain  in  the  breast. 

Take  a  spoonful  of  common  tar,  three  spoonfuls  of  hon- 
ey, three  yolks  of  hen's  eggs,  and  half  a  pint  of  wine;  beat 
the  tar,  eggs  and  honey  well  together,  then  add  the  wine, 
and  beat  all  well  together  in  a  dish,  with  a  knife  or  spoon. 
Bottle  it  up  fit  for  use.  A  tea  spoonful  is  a  dose,  morn- 
ing, noon,  and  night,  before  eating.  Drink  barley  tea  for 
constant  drink. 

77.  For  iveaklij  obstructions  in  the  female  sex. 

Take  hearts  ease  herbs,  spikenard  roots,  with  the  pith 
out,  a  small  part  of  blood  root,  turkey  root,  wild  liquorice, 
a  few  roots  of  white  pond  lilies,  a  good  parcel  of  female 
jflowers,  so  cahed.  It  often  grows  by  the  sides  of  ponds, 
and  has  a  leaf  and  blossom  some  like  cowslips — but  it 
grows  single,  one  root  or  stalk  by  itSelf,  and  some  smaller 
than  the  cowslip;  the  leaves  are  green,  and  the  blossom  is 
yellow.  This  is  one  of  the  finest  of  roots  for  the  female 
use  in  the  world.  Take  double  the  quantity  of  this,  and 
equal  parts  of  the  others,  make  a  syrup  of  them;  boil 
them  in  fair  water  until  all  the  substance  is  out,  strain  it 
off,  sweeten  it  with  honey,  add  as  much  rum  to  it  as  will 
keep  it  from  souring.  Drink  half  a  gill  going  to  bed  every 
night.  This  will  strengthen  the  system,  and  throw  off  all 
obstructions.  It  is  best  for  any  person  so  complaining,  to 
wear  a  thick  piece  of  flannel  on  the  small  of  the  back. 

78.  For  children  troubled  ivith  ivornis. 

There  are  many  things  helpful  to  children  troubled  with 
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worms.  The  bark  of  witch  hazel,  or  spotted  alder,  steep 
it  in  a  pewter  vessel,  let  it  boil,  on  a  moderate  heat  very 
strong;  a  child  of  a  year  old  can  take  a  table  spoonful,  if 
older,  take  more,  according  to  the  age.  Let  them  take 
it  four  or  five  times  in  a  day  for  several  days.  It  is 
sure  and  safe. — Or  take  sage,  powder  it  fine,  mix  it  with 
honey  ;  a  tea  spoonful  is  a  dose. —Sweetened  milk,  with 
a  little  alum  added  to  it  is  very  good  to  turn  worms. — 
Flour  sulphur  mixed  with  honey,  is  very  good  for  worms. 
— Take  a  piece  of  steel,  heat  it  very  hot  in  a  smith's  fire, 
then  lay  on  it  a  roll  of  brimstone,  melt  the  steel,  let  it  fall 
oflfinto  water,  it  will  be  in  round  lumps  ;  take  them  and 
pound  them  very  fine,  mix  the  dust  with  molasses;  let  the 
child  take  half  a  tea  spoonful  night  and  morning,  fasting. 
— Wild  mandrake  roots  dried  and  "powdered  mixed  with 
honey;  give  a  child  of  a  year  old  as  much  of  the  powder  as 
will  lie  on  sixpence;  take  it  in  the  morning  fasting,  three 
or  four  times  successively. — If  a  child  is  taken  with  fits  by 
reason  of  worms,  give  as  much  paregorick  as  the  child  can 
bear.  It  will  turn  the  worms  and  ease  the  child." — To 
prevent  children  from  having  worms,  let  them  eat  onions 
raw  or  cooked,  raw  is  best. — Salt  and  water  is  good  to 
turn  worms,  and  give  a  dose  or  two  of  flour  sulphur,  mixt 
with  molasses  or  honey,  after;  brings  off  the  worms  with- 
out any  thing  else. 

79.  A  curefor  the  Polypus. 

Take  two  ounces  of  bloodroot,  dry  it,  pound  it  fine, 
quarter  of  an  ounce  of  calix  cinnamon,  two  ounces  of 
Sf'.keroot,  snuff  it  up  the  nose,  it  will  kill  the  polypus. 
Then  take  a  pair  of  forceps  and  pull  it  out,  and  use  the 
snuff  until  it  is  cured.  If  the  nose  is  so  stopped  that  it 
cannot  be  snuffed  up,  boil  the  same  and  gurgle  it  in  the 
throat,  and  sweat  the  head  with  the  hot  hquor  until  it 
withers  so  as  to  use  the  snuff. 

80.  For  a  frog  under  the  tongue. 

When  the  frog  is  first  perceived,  take  weak  ley  and 
hold  it  in  the  mouth  as  hot  as  can  be  borne,  and  if  it  is 
grown  tough,  touch  it  in  three  or  four  places  with  caustic 
until  it  is  sore,  then  apply  the  ley. 


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81.  For  Childbed  fevers. 

In  childbed  fevers  take  rattle  snake's  gall,  five  grains 
malitel,  sweet  balm  tea  once  an  hour  until  the  fever  a- 
bates,  and  every  time  the  fever  rises  continue  the  same. 
Keep  the  body  loose. 


82.   Cure  for  phthisic. 

Roast  three  egg  shells  brown — pulverize  rather  coars- 
]y;  mix  with  half  a  pint  of  molasses  and  take  a  spoonful 
morning,  noon,  and  night.  The  cure  is  certain,  unless 
the  disease  is  hereditary,  descending  from  the  parents. 

83.  For  the  Dijsenterij, 

Half  an  ounce  of  promegranate  bark,  pulverised,  and 
steeped  in  a  pint  of  wine,  or  good  cider,  and  taken  a  gill 
at  a  time,  before  eating. 

84.  A  valuable  remedy  for  the  Dysentery  and  bloody  Flux. 

Take  of  white  pine  bark  after  the  ross  is  off,  three  pints, 
of  water  three  pints  ;  let  it  simmer  down  to  one  quart  ; 
strain  it  off;  add  half  a  pint  of  West  India  rum,  half  a  pint, 
of  West  India  molasses  ;  the  whole  composition  for  a 
grown  person;  half  for  a  child. 

This  remedy  is  simple,  but  may  be  depended  on  as  ef- 
fectual: it  will  seldom  if  ever  fail. 

85.   To  destroy  wortns  in  a  safe  and  sure  way. 

Take  a  large  tea  spoonful  of  the  rust  of  tin  ;  mix  \i 
with  a  table  spociful  of  molasses.  This  is  a  valuable  rem- 
edy, it  may  be  given  in  sickness  or  health. 


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PROPERTIES  AND  USES  OF  VEGETABLES. 

I  ivould  wish  to  i^ive    the  true  nature  of  all  sorts  ofvegetc^ 
bles  that  I  have  merdioned  in  the  foregoing  work. 

CATNIP  is  a  warm  herb,  of  a  diaphoretic  or  sweating  na- 
ture. 
PENNEROYAL  is  much  the  same  only  more  powerful. 

It  retains  a  very  powerful  pungent  oil. 
SPEARMINT  is  pungent  and  hot,  but  is  of  an  astringent 

nature. 
CALAMINT  is  much  the  same  but  not  so  strong. 
HOARHOUND  is  very  strengthening  to  the  lungs,  and 

is  semewhat  of  a  pectoral.     It  is  excellent  in   a  cough 

or  stoppage  in  the  stomach, 
EVERLASTING,  or  Indian  poesy,  is    a  very   balsamic 

herb,   is   very    healings  and  cooling,   and  excellent  in 

salves  or  ointments. 
JOHNS  WORT  is  much  the  same. 
PEA  BALM  is  a  cooling,  sweating  herb,  and  is  good  in 

fevers  and  inflammations. 
C AMMOMILE   is   a  great   restorative  to  the  lungs,  and 

promotes  perspiration;  it  is  good  in  salves  and  ointments 

to  take  away  swellings. 
MAY  WEED  is  of  a  pectoral  nature,  and  is  good  for  a 

pain  in  the  side. 
GARDEN  COLTSFOOT  is  a  great  restorative  to  the 

lungs,  and  is  good  in  syrups  for  coughs. 
MELILOT  is  good  in  salves  and  ointments  for  swellings 

and  inflammations.     It  is  mollifying  and  cooling. 
SAGE  is  the  greatest  restorative  to  human  nature  of  any 

herb  that  grows. 
PARSLEY  is  very  cooling  and  softening. 
BLOODROOT  is  a  powerful  puke  or  purge  ;  steeped  in 

spirits  it  will  serve  for  a  puke,  and  boiled  in  fair  water 

it  serves  as  a  purge. 
WILD  JENTON  is  a  strong  purge  boiled. 
MANDRAKE  ROOTS  are  an  excellent  physic  dried  and 

pounded. 
CUMFREY  and  spikenard  are  so  well  known  that  they 

need  no  describing. 
ELECAMPANE  is  good  in  coughs,  yet  it  is  an  astring- 
ent. 


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CRANESBILL  is  an  astringent,  and  excellent  in  Can- 
kers. 

WHITEROOT  is  of  a  physical  nature  and  is  good  to  re- 
move wind  pent  in  the  stomach,  or  part  of  the  bowels. 

SASSAFRAS  root  is  good  for  the  blood. — Likewise  Sar- 
saparilla,  Horse  Radish,  Burdock  root,  Elder  roots, 
Hop  roots,  and  wild  Coltsfoot,  are  a  good  pectoral. 

WHITE  Pond  Lily  roots,  and  Yellow  Lily  roots  the  same. 

FEVER  BUSH.  This  vegetable  is  used  by  the  Indians 
with  success  in  all  cases  of  inflammation, 

BUTTER  NUT.  The  bark  of  this  tree,  rightly  prepar- 
ed, constitutes  one  of  the  best  and  safest  physics  ever 
known. 

WINTER'S  BARK.  This  is  the  product  of  one  of  the 
largest  trees  on  Terra  del  Fuego,  It  is  good  in  dropsy 
and  in  scurvy. 


1.  For  the  King's  Evil. 

2.  Best  remedy  for  rattles  in  children. 

3.  Valuable  remedy  for  the  bilious  colic. 

4.  For  a  Felon. 

5.  For  the  salt  Rheum. 

6.  Salve  for  a  Burn. 

7.  The  best  salve  for  Women's  sore  Breasts  ever  found. 

8.  An  ointment  to  supple  Stiff  Joints   and  Shrunk  Sin- 

ews. 

9.  An  infallible  cure  for  inveterate  old  sore  legs. 

10.  To  cure  the  bite  of  a  rattle  Snake. 

11.  An  infaUible  cure  for  the  Itch. 

12.  A  red  Salve  for  swellings  in  formation. 

13.  Foot's  Ointment. 

14.  A  certain  cure  for  Corns  on  the  feet  or  toes. 

15.  A  cure  for  warts  on  any  part  of  the  body. 

16.  An  excellent  family  Bilious  Pill. 

17.  For  the  tooth  ache^  if  the  tooth  be  hollow. 

18.  For  the  Bilious  Colic. 

JV.  A  suPe  cure  for  the  Canker  in  the  mouth. 

20.  A  medicine  to  cure  inward  ulcers. 

21.  For  the  cramp  in  the  stomach  or  any  inward  part. 

22.  A  cure  for  the  flying  Rheumatism. 

23.  An  infallible  remedy  for  Wind  Colic  in  Women  and 
Children. 

24.  For  a  hectic  Cough. 

25.  For  the  Earisiply,  or  St  Anthony's  Fire. 

26.  For 'the  Rheumatism  in  the  Loins.  *- 

27.  For  the  Quincy.  ^ 

28.  A  remarkable  plaster  to  ease  the  pain  of  Felons,  or 
Frog  Felons,  or  any  such  Tumor  on  the  Hands  or 
feet,  or  elsewhere. 

29.  For  the  Phthisic. 

30.  To  cure  a  Wen. 

31.  An  excellent  remedy  for  the  Asthma. 


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32.  An  excellent  pill  for  the  Hvstericks. 

33.  An  infallible  cure  for  bleeding  at  the  stomach. 

34.  For  the  Dropsy. 

35.  For  the   Canker  Rash. 

36.  For  any  hemorrage  of  the  Blood. 

37.  A  cure  for  the  gravel  in  the  Bladder  or  Kidneys, 

38.  An  infallible  cure  for  the  piles. 

39.  For  the  Tooth  Ache  if  the  Tooth  be  hollow. 

40.  For  the  common  Canker  in  Children  or  adults. 

41.  For  the  Hooping-Cough. 

42.  For  Rickets  in  children — in  the  bowels. 

43.  A  sure  remedy  for  Women's  sore  Nipples. 

44.  A  cure  for  itching  heels  or  feet,  or  ribbed  heels. 

45.  A  preservative  against  all  sorts  of  Bilious  fevers. 

46.  For  Convulsion  Fits. 

47.  For  the  Consumption. 

48.  For  the  Quincy  in  the  throat. 

49.  For  swellings  that  come  of  themselves. 

50.  An  excellent  Poultice  for  old  inveterate  sores. 

51.  An  excellent  medicine  for  inward  hurts  or  ulcers. 

52.  Another  excellent  essence,  good  for  all  sorts  of  in- 
ward weakness,  inward  fevers,  coughs,  or  pain  in 
the  side,  stomach,  or  breast. 

53.  For  the  Diabetes. 

54.  For  stoppage  of  water. 

55.  For  sore  Eyes. 

56.  For  the  Dropsy. 

57.  To  stop  a  Fever  Sore  from  coming  to  a  head,  and 
carry  it  away, 

58.  To  stop  Puking. 

59.  For  the  Lock  Jaw. 

60.  For  the  Numb  Palsy. 

6 1 .  To  cure  vegetable  Poison,  running  Ivy,  or  poison  El- 
der, or  any  other. 

62.  For  the  Spinevantosey  that  comes  in  the  breast, 
93.  To  cure  inward  Ulcers. 

64.  For  a  Catarrh  in  the  head. 

65.  For  an  inflammation  in  the  head. 
€r6.  To  take  a  film  from  a  person's  Eye. 

67.  To  cure  a  breach  or  Burst  on  the  Body. 

68.  To  cure  a  Schirrous  Jaw,  or  swelled  face,  or  the  scur- 
vy in  the  mouth  or  teeth. 

69.  A  recipe  to  make  the  best  Turlington  Balsam. 

70.  For  a  relaxation  of  the  fundament  or  gut  in  childrcQ. 

71.  For  the  common  phthisic  in  children. 


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72.  For  a  shrunk  Sinew  or  Stiff  Joint. 

73.  For  the  Rheumatism. 

74.  A  remedy  for  weakness  in  the  Urine  vessels,  for  chil- 
dren that  cannot  hold  their  water. 

75.  For  the  Nose  Bleed. 

76.  To  cure  a  consumptive  cough,  or  pain  in  the  Breast. 

77.  For  weakly  obstructions  in  the  Female  sex. 

78.  For  children  troubled  with  Worms. 

79.  A  cure  for  the   Polypus. 

80.  For  a  Frog  under  the  tongue. 
«1.  For  Childbed  Fevers. 

82.  Cure  for  the  Phthisick. 

83.  For  the  Dysentery. 

84.  For  Dysentery  and  Bloody  Flux. 

85.  To  destroy  worms  in  children. 


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